Community: Lăpuşnicu Mare
Lăpuşnicu-Mare is located in Almajului Valley. Starting from Bozovici on 44 communal road, as long as 7 km, you reach to the crossing with the road that leads to Moceriş and Dalboşeţ, from which point you turn right and you already feel the excitement of coming into the village surrounded by hills which flow into the horizon in an infinite of colours. Almajului Depression called for centuries by its inhabitants Almajului Country is a true natural fortress surrounded by mountains: in the north-Semenic Mountains (1446 m), in the south-Almajului Mountains (1224 m), in north-west-Aninei Mountains (1160 m), in south-west-Locvei Mountains (735 m).
A mountain community in which traditions play an important role, Lăpuşnicu Mare has a local folklore that gravitates around the hidden treasures by Turks or outlaws and owns tourist attraction like Dracului Lake or Nerei Gorges. The commune celebrates cultural personalities that were born here such as Eftimie Gherman.
History
Lăpuşnicu-Mare locality, a piece of a Romanian hearth, placed between legend and reality, with its name originated from the Slavic "lapus"("pestilence weed"), gives personality to a village that offers you the possibility to assit to an exciting history lesson.
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Local resources
From under the shadow of the beech situated at the entrance of the forest from Roschii Glade where the tired Almaj inhabitant rests, you feel the wind blowing from Leordiş with the smell of mineral coal deposit, accumulated in nests in the century leaves from Pleşiva that were never exploited.
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Traditions
“Nedeea”, “Măsuratul oilor” and “The Celebration with Masksi” known also as "Corns' Day" are among the important traditions that were preserved to these days. On the other hand within the community there was developed a local folklore connected to stories and rumors from the past about the Turkish army that retreated through the area of Lăpuşnicul
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